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Google Business Profile

Be one of the first three businesses customers actually see.

Your profile shows up. The business down the road shows up first. That three-business map pack is where most people pick when they search "near me." Google Business Profile work is what decides whether you are one of those three.

Google Map Pack

Current Rankings

Illustration: a local detail shop climbing from third place to first in the Google map pack as its reviews and rating improve.

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The diagnosis

What we find. What we fix.

Every business we take on starts with the same audit. When we pull up a new profile, it is almost always some version of this.

What we fix What we usually find
Yes: The right main category, plus every related one that fits No: Wrong or too-broad main category
Yes: Every service Google offers, mapped to your main jobs No: Services list half-filled or empty
Yes: Name, address, and phone matched everywhere Google checks No: Old info stuck on Bing, Apple Maps, and Yelp
Yes: Every review answered within hours No: Reviews sitting unanswered for months

The stakes

Why the profile matters more than most owners think.

Ask an owner where customers come from and most say word of mouth. The math says otherwise: a huge share of those still check the map before they call. Your profile is the moment between hearing your name and picking up the phone. If it looks half-finished, they call the business whose profile looks like someone is paying attention.

Real client scans, details removed for privacy. Each pin is a spot in town and its rank there: red is past page one, green is the top three. Drag any handle to see the climb so far. These are live accounts still in progress, not finished results.

The same auto repair shop partway through the work: pins climbing to green and orange, moving into the top three across much of town. Map-pack ranking scan for an auto repair shop before the work: most pins red, ranking past the first page across town. Before In progress
Auto repair shop, before and partway through.
The same HVAC company partway through the work: a growing cluster of green pins near the service area. Map-pack ranking scan for an HVAC company before the work: mostly red pins, buried in the rankings. Before In progress
HVAC company, before and partway through.
The same mechanic partway through the work: a block of green pins climbing near the shop. Map-pack ranking scan for a mechanic before the work: mostly red pins across the map. Before In progress
Independent mechanic, before and partway through.
The same deck builder partway through the work: green and orange pins climbing across the service area. Map-pack ranking scan for a deck builder before the work: red pins across the service area. Before In progress
Deck builder, before and partway through.

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Progress snapshots from active client work, not finished or guaranteed results. Outcomes vary by business, market, competition, and budget.

The work

What the ongoing work actually is.

Map-pack ranking

Where you rank for your services and the "near me" searches across your area. A simple map you can actually read, pulled at least monthly so you can see where you stand.

Bad edits do not stick

Google lets random users suggest edits to your profile. Hours, address, even your phone number. Ignore the email and the wrong ones go live. We watch it weekly and reject them.

Review responses within hours

Every review, good or bad, answered calmly and specifically. No template speak. A good response to a bad review often does more than three new five-stars.

Weekly posts

The services you want more of, seasonal reminders, a specific job you are pushing. It keeps the profile active, and Google notices activity.

Photos rotated in

Fresh job photos, before-and-afters, team shots. We tell you exactly what to snap on your phone. Profiles with fresh photos get picked more.

Category and service audit

Reviewed monthly. Google quietly adds new categories and service types. The businesses that catch them first show up first.

The secret sauce

You could do all of this yourself. But will you?

None of it is secret: the category work, the weekly posts, the same-day review responses, the photo rotation, the monthly audit. You could do every bit of it. The hard part is doing it every single week, forever, on top of running the business.

So we do it for you. You stay in the field running jobs, and the profile keeps showing up. Every week. That is the whole job.

First 30 days

Your first 30 days on the profile.

No marketing-speak. From the kickoff call to the first weekly post and the first ranking baseline, here is the cadence.

  1. 1

    Week 0

    The kickoff call

    Thirty minutes. We walk through your current profile, what is missing, and the jobs you want more of. We leave with a punch list.

  2. 2

    First 7 days

    Claimed and tuned

    Claim or verify the profile. Category and service audit. Photo direction (you snap, we direct). Description and attributes filled in so Google has the right info to show.

  3. 3

    First 30 days

    Posts live, reviews handled

    First weekly posts go up. Reviews answered within hours. First map-pack ranking baseline set.

  4. 4

    Ongoing

    Every week and month

    Weekly posts. Continuous review responses. Photo rotation. A map-pack ranking check at least monthly so you can see where you stand.

Ownership

Your profile stays in your name. Always.

The profile lives in your Google account, not ours. We are just the manager. We do the work that makes it rank, and the day you leave, all of it stays under your name.

  • Month to month
  • No long-term contract

What it runs

Month to month. No contract.

A flat monthly fee. Unlike ads, Google Business Profile does not charge you anything directly, so this is the whole cost. One simple price, the same whether you are in a small town or a competitive metro.

Google Business Profile Management

Done-for-you profile

What it runs

$347 / mo

Flat monthly fee. No ad spend on top, because the profile is free traffic.

What's included

  • Weekly posts on your profile
  • Category and service audit, reviewed monthly
  • Review responses within hours, every review
  • Description and attributes kept current so Google shows the right info
  • Business info synced across the web (Bing, Apple Maps, Yelp, and the rest)
  • Photo rotation guidance (you snap, we direct)
  • Map-pack ranking check at least monthly

Cancel any time. Less than the price of one good job, doing the work most owners never get around to.

Common questions

Questions most owners ask.

Will this replace my existing profile?

No. We manage the profile you already have. If you have not claimed it yet, we claim it first and then start the work.

I have some bad reviews sitting there. Can you help?

Yes. Part of the work is answering old, unanswered reviews calmly and professionally. We cannot remove them (Google rarely does), but a good response to a bad review often does more than three new five-stars.

How fast does my ranking change?

Weekly ups and downs are normal; the trend is what matters. Expect about three months of compounding before the map pack looks meaningfully different, with the bigger jumps at six and twelve months.

Do I have to take the photos?

You take the job and team shots (we tell you exactly what to snap). We handle everything else: categories, services, posts, review responses, and a map-pack ranking check at least monthly.

How much work is this for me?

Almost none. We handle the setup and the weekly work. For account access we hop on a quick Zoom, or screen-share to help with passwords. After that, you just field the calls and messages the profile brings in.

Can I just do this myself?

Honestly, you can. Everything we do is doable. The hard part is doing it every single week, forever, on top of running the business. That consistency is what you are paying for.

What does the monthly fee include?

Everything on the work list above. Nothing else is separate. Unlike ads, Google Business Profile does not charge you anything directly.

Free game plan

Every week you wait, the business down the road wins the search.

Reviews answered, photos refreshed, categories tuned, and a post every week. That is what puts you in the map pack and keeps you there.

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